Month: January 2017

Brian De Palma was pretty much burnt out after the catastrophic failure of his adaptation of The Bonfire of the Vanities. It was a seriously compromised film in every regard, from deviating from the original text to casting, despite its an inspired opening, which was one long steady-cam shot. After the debacle, De Palma returned to an idea he had … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Raising Cain→

Bryan Cranston has reinvented himself after his initial acclaim from his role on Malcolm in the Middle all those years ago. The beginning of this was, of course, the career-defining role of Walter White on Breaking Bad, a show that only got serious attention after a couple of seasons. His performance and the series are … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – The Infiltrator→

Eisenstein in Guanajuato is the latest film by Peter Greenaway and it's undeniably his strongest work in years but that's not saying a whole lot. Greenaway made his name in the '80s with baroque styled films which often bordered on the surreal and always looked like the work of a master painter instead of a filmmaker. … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Eisenstein in Guanajuato→

Obama has now left the office of President and has been replaced with a man who powders his nose with Cheetos. Trump is also a man who clearly paid his wife Melania to have the "pleasure" of their first date. If the inauguration of Trump is anything to go by, Trump and Melania have no chemistry at … Continue reading DVD Review – Southside With You→

It’s a remake of a remake—a reimagining of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai in the American West, this time with a more diverse cast in the original (which had been all-white, other than the part-Mongolian actor Yul Brynner). Denzel Washington steps into what was Yul Brynner’s role under a different name, having previously worked with Fuqua via … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – The Magnificent Seven→